The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-30
Local and state Notes.

The l.. B. e. ". will hereafter sell 1000 mile
tickets on all divisions at two cents peg mile.
VIM. Pellet who has been a passenger con-
ductor on the L, P. & C. road for over twenty
years. was dropped from their pay-rolls yester-
day.
II. W. Hubbard. general freight agent of the
Vandaia states that the Vandalia has withdrawn
from the live stock traffic. east bound out of st.
Louis. until rates are restored to a basis which
will afford some revenue to the road.
B. F. Hand, formerly in the pool office at this
point as secretary. has returned from California,
and on the first of next month takes the position
of assistant general freight agent of the G., l.,
st. L. & c. road, headquarters Chicago.
President Roberts, of the PENNSYLVANIA road
will order So 900 tons of steel rails after Jan. J.
and place the orders among the mills on the
lines of that system. The Indianapolis mill
should come IN for proper share of this work.
The c., l., st. L. & G.. in connection with the
Chicago e. Indiana Coal road and tine Chicago g.
West Michigan, has established lumber line
via Swanington, through which the Big Four
expects to build up large lumber traffic from
northern Michigan to its principal points.
The Mackey lines continue to show some in
crease in earnings over the corresponding pe-
Rod last year. In the third week of November
the Evansville & Terre Haute shows an increase
of So. AIS, the Evansville & Indianapolis 1903,
and the Peoria, Decatur 81 Evansville an in
crease OF 1886.
In the month of October tine c.. St L. & P.
turned to the N Y. p. & O.. at Urbana,
100 carloads of live stock, and this month the
traffic will be considerably in excess of last
month. Prior to Oct. 1 the Erie people had
made effort to get any portion of the live
stock traffic from this section.
General Manager Henderson says that the re-
port that the Ohio Southern is to be included IN
the REORGANIZATION of the l.. B. & W., TO be
known hereafter the Columbus, Indianapolis
& Western, is without foundation at least it
will not come in the LIST of January, when
the reorganization is to take place
It is intimated that at an early day the parties
owning the Chicago & Ohio River road, former
~ the Danville. Olney & Ohio River road. will
extend the line southwark to the river, and that
after such extension is completed the road will
become part of tie c.. l. & w. property. The
road is now equipped with engines and cars of
the l.. B. & W. road.
The Pittsbure. Fort Wayne & Chicago road
for the next ten days cannot receive freight ex-
cept live stock and perishable goods for any
point east account OF crowd of business.
The New York Chicago 6 St Louis road also
give notice that they cannot receive freight until
further notice. via the Erie Despatch, middle di-
vision, for tie same reason.
Another hitch is announced in the Wabash
reorganization scheme, which it was thought
week would be effected at once. The first
mortgage bondholders now object TO the plan of
the purchasing committee. nasmuch So, $780,
600 of the bonds are not due until August, 1890,
aud by the acceptance OF the plan they will lose
the difference between and per cent interest
for two years and half.